Read more America stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3987/america.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:02:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71502/columbus-the-crusaders-legacy-endures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis Columbus Day, James Carroll invites us to reconsider the man and his motivations. Pop culture has secularized Columbus, concentrating on his mission in search of gold, spices, and trade routes. That ignores his central motivation: expanding the dominion of Christianity. An “old Crusader” ambition motivated Columbus, Carroll writes for...http://www.newser.com/story/71502/columbus-the-crusaders-legacy-endures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 16:45:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70463/cupcakists-find-happiness-in-a-simple-pastry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohnny Cupcakes operates stores that sell cupcake-themed merchandise—shirts and stickers bearing a skull-and-crossbones logo with a cupcake instead of a skull—but not cupcakes. Johnny Cupcakes sells the idea of cupcakes, a symbol of an uncomplicated, untouchable childhood pleasure, safe from the stresses of adult life, writes Jennie Yabroff...http://www.newser.com/story/70463/cupcakists-find-happiness-in-a-simple-pastry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 16:57:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65945/us-to-pressure-brits-for-more-troops-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US is expected to push for more British troops to help fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, a move certain to be unpopular with the British public, reports the Guardian . NATO Gen. Stanley McChrystal will likely recommend to President Obama that the current total of 150,000 Afghan troops should...http://www.newser.com/story/65945/us-to-pressure-brits-for-more-troops-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 3:34:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63793/ben-stein-to-wal-mart-hands-off-civil-war-battlefield.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBen Stein loves Wal-Mart—just don’t put one smack-dab in the middle of a historic Civil War battlefield in Orange, Va. The 1864 Battle of the Wilderness was a turning point in the conflict, Stein writes in the American Spectator , and the “battlefield is incredibly important environmentally and historically and...http://www.newser.com/story/63793/ben-stein-to-wal-mart-hands-off-civil-war-battlefield.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 15:29:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60191/queen-livid-at-french-snub-for-obama-d-day-fete.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagQueen Elizabeth is furious at not being invited by the French for D-Day ceremonies next week that will include President Obama, reports the Daily Mail . The French never had any intention of inviting members of the British royal family to the 65th anniversary commemoration in Normandy in order to allow...http://www.newser.com/story/60191/queen-livid-at-french-snub-for-obama-d-day-fete.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 May 2009 4:35:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51190/holder-were-still-a-nation-of-cowards-on-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWe may have elected our first black president, but America remains "a nation of cowards" on race, Eric Holder said today in a speech honoring Black History Month. "Average Americans simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial," said the attorney general. He vowed that the Department...http://www.newser.com/story/51190/holder-were-still-a-nation-of-cowards-on-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 15:42:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50558/website-knows-why-youre-fat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSubtle hints from the media about America’s growing obesity problem—shots of pudgy citizens, from the head down—just aren’t cutting it, Time reports. Enter “This is why you’re fat,” a website that displays in shocking detail the indulgent worst of American eating. An Oreo with 2 feet of creamy...http://www.newser.com/story/50558/website-knows-why-youre-fat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Feb 2009 13:12:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49762/while-were-at-it-give-marriage-a-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBetween the recession and various legal knots, it’s no wonder so many Americans are eschewing marriage, Mark Penn writes in the Wall Street Journal . Either go with the bailout flow and revamp tax codes and the like to make marriage easier and less financially constrictive, or use similar tactics to...http://www.newser.com/story/49762/while-were-at-it-give-marriage-a-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 15:00:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48600/lab-is-top-us-dog-18-years-and-counting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obamas’ pup could change things, but for now the playful Labrador retriever remains America’s most popular purebred, the American Kennel Club calculates. It's the Lab’s 18th consecutive year as king; the Yorkshire terrier and German shepherd are second and third, Reuters reports. Bulldogs moved up two spots, to No....http://www.newser.com/story/48600/lab-is-top-us-dog-18-years-and-counting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Jan 2009 16:25:01 CST